If you've got kids, you're already probably keenly aware that summer break is quickly -- and mercifully -- drawing to a close. In fact, in some local school students, it's already over. Regardless, the New Orleans Film Society is planning one last taste of summer entertainment for local kids, with its 5th annual New Orleans International Children's Film Festival.

The New Orleans Film Society's 5th annual New Orleans International Children's Film Festival is set to take place this Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12.

Held in conjunction with the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival and the Contemporary Arts Center, the festival runs Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 11 and 12) at the CAC, 900 Camp St. Each daylong program begins at 10:30 a.m. and is built around screenings of age-appropriate short films of all genres, from animation to live action to documentaries.

Admission to the 5th annual New Orleans International Children's Film Festival is free. For more information, including a full schedule of all 10 programs featured this year, visit the New Orleans Film Society's official website.

The New Orleans International Children's Film Festival tops today's Thinking Outside the Box Office column, a regular survey of upcoming events for New Orleans film fans.

LIMITED RUNS

New Orleans French Film Festival Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 891.2787. The New Orleans Film Society and the Consulat General de France a la Nouvelle-Orleans present the 15th annual New Orleans French Film Festival, starting today and continuing through Thursday, featuring daily screenings through Thursday. Read more on the French Film Festival here and in Friday's Living section.Tickets are $10 for NOFS members and $11 general admission. Film Society members can also purchase a six-film pass for $50. Tickets are available at the Prytania box office and online at the Prytania Theatre website.

'Rifftrax Live: Manos - The Hands of Fate' Elmwood Palace, Hollywood 14 (Covington). NCM Fathom Events and the movie hecklers at RiffTrax present "RiffTrax Live: Manos - The Hands of Fate" (7 p.m. on Aug. 16), in which Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett -- the comedians from the cult classic "Mystery Science Theater 3000" -- will reunite on the big screen to fire off their wisecracking commentary on the famously poorly made 1966 American horror film, in a program simulcast to theaters across the country.Tickets available at participating theater box offices.

Prytania Theatre Classic Movie Series 5339 Prytania St., 891.2787. This week: director Stanley Donen's 1957 romance-comedy "Funny Face" (noon Sun and Aug. 15), starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire and Kay Thompson in a story about a fashion photographer who, in a search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, gets more than he bargained for when he expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore.Tickets are $5.75. For details, visit the Prytania Theatre website.

Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504.827.5858. New this week: director Prashant Bhargava's 2011 drama "Patang (The Kite)" (7:30 nightly Friday through Aug. 16), an exploration of the modern pressures of life in India, set against the backdrop of the country's largest kite festival. Bhargava will participate in a live Q-and-A via Skype from Ahmedabad after the Friday- and Saturday-night shows. Also, director Gérald Hustache-Mathieu's 2011 French murder mystery "Nobody Else But You" (9:15 nightly, Fri through Aug. 16), in which a bestselling crime novelist who is desperately looking for a new story hones his focus on the apparent suicide of a small-town woman, an aspiring model who thought she was the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe.Tickets are $7 ($6 for students and seniors; $5 for members). For details visit the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center website.

FREE SCREENINGS

Deutsches Haus Kino Deutsches Haus, 1023 Ridgewood St., Metairie, 522.8014. The local cultural center continues its series of notable German films. This week: The legendary Fritz Lang's exotic "Indian Epic" screens over two nights. First up: 1959's "Der Tiger Von Eschnaphur Teili/The Tiger Of Eschnapur Part 1" (7:30 p.m. on Aug. 15), in which a young German architect, hired by a Maharaja to build temples and hospital, falls in love with a beautiful temple dancer who is desired by the powerful monarch. ("Das Indische Grabmal Part 2/The Indian Tomb Part 2" will be shown on Aug. 29.)All films are subtitled. For details, visit the Deutsches Haus website.

Monday Movie Madness La Divina Cafe e Gelateria, 621 St. Peter St., 302.2692. The theater presents a series of films under the theme "Ford & Wayne & Cowboys & Indians." This week: director John Ford's Oscar-winning 1949 western "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" (7:30 Mon), about a soon-to-retire Army captain who, amid the tensions following Custer's last stand, is ordered out on patrol. To make matters worse, he's also required to help evacuate the wife and niece of a senior officer. John Wayne, Joanne Dru and John Agar star.

Admission is free, but for $15 attendees can get dinner with their movie.

Music Movies Mondays Café Istanbul in the New Orleans Healing Center, 2372 St. Claude Ave. DJ Soul Sister, Press Street and the Charitable Film Network present "Musically Speaking," a new series of music-themed movies and documentaries on Mondays, curated and co-hosted by Soul Sister. New this week: Sig Shore's 1975 drama "That's the Way of the World" (7 Mon), in which a record producer carefully begins to fight the executives that are pushing him to focus on a white pop act whom they feel has the sound America wants. Harvey Keitel stars.

'Slavery by Another Name' Ashe Cultural Arts Ctr., 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. New Orleans Film Society, Ashe' Cultural Arts Center and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana present director Samuel D. Pollard's 2012 documentary "Slavery by Another Name" (6:30 tonight), a documentary that recounts the many ways in which American slavery persisted as a practice near a decade after its supposed abolition.For details visit the New Orleans Film Society website.